US EditionGeorgia Closes NATO and EU Information Centre Amid Eroding Western Ties
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Georgia Closes NATO and EU Information Centre amid Eroding Western Ties
Georgia's government plans to close its NATO and EU Information Centre as relations with Western institutions deteriorate. The centre, integrated into Tbilisi's Foreign Ministry, will see staff reductions. The decision coincides with halted EU accession talks and heightened Russian influence under de facto leader Bidzina Ivanishvili.
The Georgian government will close the information centre about the EU and NATO in Tbilisi, announced Wednesday to the authorities, as a new sign of the deterioration of relations between Georgia and the West. Opened in 2005, the centre symbolized the country's pro-European commitment, but the government led by former Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanišvili stopped the EU accession process and canceled relations with Russia, reports Reuters.
The Straits Times
MSNGeorgia to shutter EU and NATO information centre as ties with West fray
TBILISI - The Georgian government is to close its information centre on NATO and the European Union, Georgian media reported on Wednesday, citing the country's foreign ministry, amid souring ties between Tbilisi and the West. Read more at straitstimes.com.
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